Citizen Activities in Energy Transition: User Innovation, New Communities, and the Shaping of a Sustainable Future

ISBN-13: 9780367640132 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str.

Sampsa Hyysalo

Opis

This book addresses the rapidly changing citizen roles in innovation, technology adoption, intermediation, market creation and legitimacy building for low-carbon solutions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: citizens in energy innovation and sociotechnical change; 2. The biographies of artifacts and practices methodology for the study of sociotechnical change; 3. Initial focus: user innovation in sustainable energy technologies; 4. Broadening the inquiry: new internet-based energy communities; 5. Zooming out: user activities and the series of configurational movements in energy transition; 6. Conclusions and implications for management and policy; REFERENCES; APPENDIX 1. Data and methods on renewables innovation and adoption in the Finnish energy system